Competitive Information for Kyogre (primal) [X/Y]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kyogre-primal? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the X/Y generation metagame.
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Kyogre is a stupendous Water-typed Pokemon. Kyogre are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Kyogre's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Blue Orb
Ability: Primordial Sea
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Thunder
- Calm Mind
- Toxic
Special Tank Kyogre-Primal (Popular/Trending)
Kyogre is a legendary Special Tank. It's purpose is to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Primordial Sea changes the weather to Rain when Kyogre is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all water attacks while the Rain remains active.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Kyogre's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Primordial Sea
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Avalanche / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Kyogre-Primal (Primordial Sea)
Kyogre is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kyogre's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyogre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Primordial Sea changes the weather to Rain when Kyogre is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all water attacks while the Rain remains active. Avalanche was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Avalanche is a physical 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Kyogre is damaged by the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Thunder / Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Kyogre-Primal (Primordial Sea)
Kyogre is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Kyogre's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyogre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Primordial Sea changes the weather to Rain when Kyogre is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all water attacks while the Rain remains active.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kyogre-primal? These builds have been optimized for X/Y Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the X/Y generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Primordial Sea
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Avalanche / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kyogre-Primal (Primordial Sea)
Kyogre is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kyogre's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyogre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Primordial Sea changes the weather to Rain when Kyogre is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all water attacks while the Rain remains active. Avalanche was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Avalanche is a physical 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Kyogre is damaged by the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Thunder / Thunderbolt
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Kyogre-Primal (Primordial Sea)
Kyogre is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Kyogre's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyogre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Primordial Sea changes the weather to Rain when Kyogre is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all water attacks while the Rain remains active.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kyogre-primal learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Kyogre-primal can perform in X/Y. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive XY Move and Ability Combos for Kyogre-primal
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Optimize Kyogre-primal's EVs for X/Y
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